Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life-Chapter 782 - 771: Nouveau Riche

"You’re right, Cai Juhua was quite pretty to begin with, and after she married Ye Qiu, she didn’t have to farm or do house chores. Her hands were as tender as scallions; it’s normal for others to fancy her."

"Exactly, maybe Cai Juhua stopped doing housework on purpose and took care of herself so well just to meet that man!"

"And to think she went off to the capital with another man right after the divorce, who would believe there’s nothing fishy about that?"

"Indeed, Shuaishuai is her own son, and yet she could harden her heart and not give him a single glance even when he was crying for her. She must have premeditated the whole thing."

"No, look here, Aunt Hongxia, what are you trying to say with all this? I don’t understand a word," Ye Qiu pretended to be innocent and confused.

"Ah, don’t be offended, let me tell you," Aunt Hongxia sighed deeply, "We think that this whole mess between you and Xiao Lin was deliberately schemed by Cai Juhua. She wanted you to mess up so she’d have an excuse to divorce you."

Ye Qiu widened his eyes in disbelief and asked, "You mean she set me up with Xiao Lin? But why?"

"What else could it be for, if not to leave with that man in the clear!"

"But I treated her so well..."

"However well you treated her, do you have as much power and influence as that man? Are you as wealthy as him?"

"But we have Shuaishuai together."

"What does that matter? With money, she can always have more children."

Ye Qiu pursed his lips and remained silent, his eyes turning red, as if he had made up his mind. He suddenly stood up: "Then I must go to the Cai Family and demand justice, they owe me an explanation."

"Come back here," Aunt Hongxia hurriedly pulled him back, "What’s the use of you going like this? Cai Juhua has already left, do you have any evidence of her affair with that man?"

"But, but..." Ye Qiu looked anxious and at his wit’s end.

"Sit down and take a deep breath, don’t get angry."

"How can I not be angry? To marry her, I wronged my two younger brothers, and I didn’t even let her do house chores to keep her, she may not treat me well, but what about Shuaishuai? Shuaishuai is her own flesh and blood, every night he cries for his mom." Ye Qiu sat on the low stool, burying his head deeply into his knees, looking exceptionally pained.

Seeing him like this was too sorrowful and helpless; the onlookers found it unbearable, even Zhao Yuhong, who had known all along that he had timed his arrival on purpose, was moved to tears. Although this was a premeditated story for their audience, the facts were true, Cai Juhua was truly inhuman.

"It’s alright, even though we have no evidence to get justice back, we all know your story clear as day. As long as someone has the capacity to think, they’ll know you’ve been wronged. If the Cai Family speaks ill of you again in the future, we will definitely stand by you," Aunt Hongxia reassured him.

Ye Qiu felt powerless: "But the man Cai Juhua found seems very powerful, what if he comes to trouble you all? I can’t bring harm to everyone."

"Hey!" Aunt Hongxia was displeased by that remark, "We live in a society governed by the rule of law; we haven’t broken any laws, what can he do to us? It was he who seduced a married woman in the first place, is it forbidden for us to mention a word about it? And didn’t you say they have already gone to the capital? With the Emperor far away, what does he know?"

"Eh, do you think if Old Lady Cai finds out her daughter has hitched a ride on a high branch, would she go look for Cai Juhua?"

"Impossible, the capital, that’s so far away. Besides, Cai Juhua never mentioned her exact address there."

"You can’t be sure about that. Old Lady Cai is the type who’d dare to do anything for her precious son. Besides, just because Cai Juhua’s gone to the capital, does it mean she won’t need her parents anymore? She’s bound to call home. Worst comes to worst, if Old Lady Cai gets to the capital and can’t find Cai Juhua, she can always issue a missing person notice in the newspaper. Didn’t Ye Qiu say her man is an official? Surely many people know him; she should be able to find him easily."

"And if Cai Juhua does get to the capital and climbs onto her son-in-law’s branch, won’t she be even more self-important?"

"I think once she sees that luxury in the capital, she surely won’t want to come back. It’d be perfect if she doesn’t return, it’d save us from her and her son ruining our village’s reputation."

"You have a point there. If she comes back and starts quarreling with Ye Qiu again, we’ll spread the word."

"Would she believe it?"

"Didn’t Ye Qiu say so? That man surnamed Yan is an official dispatched from the capital. If Ye Qiu could find out, she definitely could too. She wouldn’t believe us, but she’d believe her own inquiries."

"Then let’s do that, and in passing, we can do Ye Qiu and Xiao Lin a favor by clearing their names, so they can be spared from gossip."

Hearing them speak like this, Ye Qiu was visibly touched: "Thank you so much, Aunties, for being so considerate. When Xiao Lin and I get married, you must come and join the celebration. Your presence is enough; please don’t bring anything else."

The aunts laughed amiably: "Of course, of course, we’ll surely come."

From that day on, the rumor started to spread in the village that Ye Qiu and Yu Xiaolin were tricked by Cai Juhua, and as the story was passed around, it became even more miraculous: that actually, Cai Juhua had been impregnated by the man surnamed Yan a long time ago and forced Ye Qiu into divorcing to cover it up. Also, it was precisely because she had another child that she didn’t want her son, Ye Shuai.

Since Cai Juhua had indeed been slacking off in the past few months, and moreover, when the villagers went to the county or the city occasionally, they also saw Cai Juhua wearing clothes and shoes that Ye Qiu couldn’t possibly afford. Without another man, where would she get the money? Therefore, almost everyone believed that it was actually Cai Juhua who had cheated first and then schemed to divorce Ye Qiu.

When the Cai Family heard these rumors, Cai Gen Sheng and Cai Zhaodi were so furious they were smoking from seven orifices. It was Ye Qiu who had been caught red-handed in bed with another woman; how had it turned into their daughter lacking marital fidelity? It was ridiculous.

But the more they heard, the more they felt that their stance was shaky, and indeed, their daughter had changed her name to Cai Baoqin, which was true. Before she went to the capital, she even took away her household registration page. Who knows, maybe she really did snag a high branch.

"Hubby, do you think it’s true? Did Juhua really become an official’s wife?" asked Cai Zhaodi, curiosity itching at her.

Cai Gen Sheng puffed on his dry tobacco pipe without answering, his eyes gleaming with calculation: "Do you remember what Juhua said over the phone last time?"

After thinking for a bit, Cai Zhaodi replied, "She seemed to say that she was doing well in the capital and told us not to worry about her, and her tone was quite cheerful."

"We don’t know anyone in the capital. How could she, a divorced woman, adapt so quickly? Ye Qiu has no money, and we didn’t give her a dime. How did she settle down?"

"Hubby, are you saying Juhua really did, like others say, climb up onto a high branch?" Cai Zhaodi’s voice softened, and her eyes sparkled much brighter.